On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Grant <emailgrant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hey Grant! >> Yes there is a difference. plughw automatically does some conversions for >> you and some looking after you. I'm not sure what exactly this comprised. >> But I _THINK_! it was samplerate conversion?, channel-counting and opening >> the device, so it won't conflict. If there was more, I don't know. >> Kindest regards >> Julien > > Hi Julien, > > I'm having a lot of trouble getting more info on this. mpd doesn't > work when I specify hw:0,0 but does work when I specify plughw:0,0 so > I'm trying to figure out the difference. plughw does seem to bypass > dmix's samplerate conversion, so it seems to work just like hw. There > must be a difference though. Could it be documented somewhere? > > - Grant > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > On April this year there was a thread with subject query alsa for supported sample rates and formats? where Clemens Ladisch posted a C program to test hw capabilities. Perhaps it could be useful in your case too? I could send you the source provided in that thread if you don't find it. I think it is ustill ok... HIH, Gianluca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
